BLACK SABBATH ANNOUNCE FOUR NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES, TICKETS ON SALE APRIL 20th

Black Sabbath have announced four summer shows in North America in support of the release of their new album, 13, due out June 11th.

The shows include stops in Holmdel, NJ (NY-area), Los Angeles, Seattle and Toronto, ON.The dates include stops in Holmdel, NJ (NY-area), Los Angeles, Seattle and Toronto, ON. Tickets for the Live Nation-produced tour will go on sale Saturday, April 20th at LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.com. Beginning today, fans can visit click here to RSVP for early access to presale tickets available Thursday, April 18th. VIP Packages are also available at VIPNation.com.

In addition, in advance of the release of 13, the album’s first single God Is Dead? will debut across Clear Channel Media and Entertainment’s more than 40 Active Rock and Mainstream Rock radio stations nationwide on Thursday, April 18th at 3:00 PM (ET)/12 Noon (PT). Produced by Rick Rubin (seven-time Grammy winner, two of those as Producer of the Year), 13 features the original Black Sabbath Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler.

Promoters of Heavy Metal concerts should try and do an American version of Download Festival in the United States in the summer time. Schedules permittimg: Metallica, or Maiden, or Priest can headline. Then you can also have bands like Megadeth, Motorhead, King Diamond, Saxon, Testament, Anthrax, Lamb of G-d, Adrenaline Mob, Six Feet Under, Buck Cherry, Wednesday 13, Demonboy, and others perform on the secondary or third stages. This would be an awesome event for American fans of heavy metal.